Lenny88 Posted 25, January 2020 Report Share Posted 25, January 2020 Hi everyone, after years of 4wd's, v8's and jap imports I thought I'd try a French car out, a few small things aside the 172 sport has proven to be great so far. First up I'm looking at some new rims but width and offsets seem to limit the clio sport a bit. I've found a nice set of 15x7.5 in et28, how would these go in terms of scrubbing? The car will stay the stock height more or less but may cop a little bit of camber as I drive mainly hills roads here in s.a. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deet Posted 25, January 2020 Report Share Posted 25, January 2020 Keep an eye out for me around the Hills in a red ClioIV Might also like to join the local Facebook group. RenaultSportSA there are a few 172/182 owners in the group Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moosey Posted 27, January 2020 Report Share Posted 27, January 2020 Welcome to ozRS. Your little black best looks very tidy! Wider wheels/tyres are most likely to scrub the inner rear arches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny88 Posted 27, January 2020 Author Report Share Posted 27, January 2020 Cheers guys, it is quite tidy besides a small scrape on the passenger side. As for wheel selection I've scaled back to 15x7 with 195/50's but would like to run a bit lower offset if it's possible without being a pain in the backside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkie86 Posted 27, January 2020 Report Share Posted 27, January 2020 Welcome! 16x7 ET40 over here (with 20mm front spacers on the front) and roughly stock ride height, no scrubbing over here. When I had a super low Clio previously, it was the rear inner arch that fouled (as pointed out by Moosey). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt205 Posted 28, January 2020 Report Share Posted 28, January 2020 16x7 FTW, anything in that 30-40 offset range should be fine. Have run 16x7.5 on a previous car with an et of 30 on coilovers and had very slight rubbing on the rears on track. Clio looks way better on 16's and I still maintain handles better as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny88 Posted 30, January 2020 Author Report Share Posted 30, January 2020 I'm sticking with 15's for the moment as I've got a set of toyo's and brand new kumhos on the stock rims but the rims themselves have had a bloody hard life. I grabbed these 15x7's in et35 bloody cheap but I'm guessing I'll have to swap over to thread and wheel nuts instead of the standard bolts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave200 Posted 30, January 2020 Report Share Posted 30, January 2020 Those wheels will look great on your Clio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALLEZ Posted 30, January 2020 Report Share Posted 30, January 2020 Such a great great car. Congratulations. Your cheeks will hurt from the smiling! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny88 Posted 14, February 2020 Author Report Share Posted 14, February 2020 New rims are on finally, the original wheel bolts fit perfectly as well so a bolt on affair. Next up is a suspected worn engine mount. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chison007 Posted 15, February 2020 Report Share Posted 15, February 2020 New rims are on finally, the original wheel bolts fit perfectly as well so a bolt on affair. Next up is a suspected worn engine mount. Looking good mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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